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Hipster heat maps and yuppie data visualizations

4 July 2013 grant 0

Slate brings psychogeography a step closer to the mainstream, highlighting software that uses word frequency to show what kinds of people are in what parts of the city:

Of all the data goldmines

… Read the rest “Hipster heat maps and yuppie data visualizations”

Telescope contact lenses are a real thing.

3 July 2013 grant 0

Extreme Tech has the details on the contacts that let you see like an eagle:

The center of the lens allows light to pass straight through, providing normal vision. The outside edge, however,

… Read the rest “Telescope contact lenses are a real thing.”

Pitchers tell evolution’s story

2 July 2013 grant 0

Nature draws an ancient lesson from America’s favorite pastime, observing how baseball pitchers reveal the evolution of human beings:

“Throwing projectiles probably enabled

… Read the rest “Pitchers tell evolution’s story”

Komodo dragons’ lethal, bone-crushing jaws not all *that* dirty.

1 July 2013 grant 0

Discover Magazine tries to put the record straight, revealing that the supposedly septic-mouthed Komodo dragons have been getting a bad rap:

But of all the terrible tales told about these

… Read the rest “Komodo dragons’ lethal, bone-crushing jaws not all *that* dirty.”

Science Art: Chick and Egg of Tinamou &c, from Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, February 13, 1868

30 June 2013 grant 0

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Awww – is a teeny tiny tinamou!

It’s from this 1868 issue of Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library collection, apparently… Read the rest “Science Art: Chick and Egg of Tinamou &c, from Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, February 13, 1868”

Not solid, liquid, gas or plasma. Nuclear pasta.

27 June 2013 grant 0

Space.com looks hungrily to the stars… neutron stars, where a whole new form of matter makes seriously strange space spaghetti:

A rare state of matter dubbed “nuclear pasta”

… Read the rest “Not solid, liquid, gas or plasma. Nuclear pasta.”

A scientific mission to seek out new life and maybe some more duct tape. And baling wire.

26 June 2013 grant 0

Nature bemoans the fact that America’s technological prowess is on the wane – and it’s getting really obvious that our science fleet has seen better days:

“The community

… Read the rest “A scientific mission to seek out new life and maybe some more duct tape. And baling wire.”

Science Art: Ceratosaurus & Dryosaurus in Carnegie Museum, photo by Kordite.

23 June 2013 grant 0

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That’s a dryosaurus being hunted. Not a dysalotosaurus. Probably….

Photo from the Wikimedia Commons.

SONG: “Inside My Eyes”

23 June 2013 grant 0

SONG: “Inside My Eyes” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “Fossil brain teaser: New study reveals patterns… Read the rest “SONG: “Inside My Eyes””

Hey, @aliens! So this is where we are, and this is what we do! KThxBye!

21 June 2013 grant 0

Scientific American dwells on the implications of us – inadvertently AND fully intentionally – sending messages out to aliens:

We’ve made a few attempts at METI (messaging

… Read the rest “Hey, @aliens! So this is where we are, and this is what we do! KThxBye!”

Rocket Africa: the next pathway to space.

20 June 2013 grant 0

Voice of America tracks something we were looking forward to here a while back – the blossoming potential of linking together Africa’s own space programs:

Observers looking

… Read the rest “Rocket Africa: the next pathway to space.”

Jungle city discovered by laser.

19 June 2013 grant 0

If you needed any more proof we’re actually living in the pulp future of a 1920s dime novel, explorers have just used airborne lasers to reveal a long-lost jungle city:

The discovery

… Read the rest “Jungle city discovered by laser.”

Sock-puppet G-men keeping tabs on the Twitter.

18 June 2013 grant 1

The Guardian reveals a genuine government plot to infiltrate social networks with Fakey McFake IDs:

A Californian corporation has been awarded a contract with United States Central Command

… Read the rest “Sock-puppet G-men keeping tabs on the Twitter.”

The Bomb proves that our brains keep growing.

17 June 2013 grant 0

New Scientist gives thanks for the little things in the wake of the Big One. Studying the irradiated cells of bomb-test survivors (that is, all of us) has shown definitively that our brains… Read the rest “The Bomb proves that our brains keep growing.”

Science Art: Positron Discovery by C.D. Anderson

16 June 2013 grant 0

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That scratch going up the left half of the picture might look like an accidental blemish, but it’s actually the first trace of a positron (a fundamental unit of antimatter) ever recorded.… Read the rest “Science Art: Positron Discovery by C.D. Anderson”

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